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2009 World Series: Game 4
by Gray on Nov 1, 2009 7:31 PM EST
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So the Yankees are up 2-1, and I can't figure out how to get the pitcher stats widgets to display side by side. Exciting, eh?
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Playoffs Day 5, Thread 2
by jch24 on Oct 11, 2009 7:14 PM EDT
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We filled one thread already and hardly mentioned that the Red Sox have been sent home. I think we can all agree this is a good thing. Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore can suck it.
In case you forgot it's Yankees @ Twins at 7:00, Phillies @ Rockies at 10:00. My official predictions - Twins win 5-3, Phillies win 7-4.
The picture serves no purpose, it's just because I love him.
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Look me in the eye and tell me I'm satisfied. Are you satisfied? Reds finish season 78-84.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 4, 2009 8:25 PM EDT
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Joe Nuxhall Memorial Honorary Star of the Game
Brandon Phillips. The quest for 100 RBI came up just short, but The Franchise did have two doubles, 3 RBI, and a run scored. Honorable mention for Drew Stubbs (three hits, two runs) and Homer Bailey (six shutout innings, fourth win over the Pirates).
Key Plays
- The Reds struck fast in the first inning. Drew Stubbs led off with a single, and Paul Janish sacrificed him to second. Joey Votto walked, then Brandon Phillips launched a double to score Stubbs. Scott Rolen and Jay Bruce made weak outs to end the threat.
- The Stubbs-Phillips connection paid off again in the third inning, as Stubbs and Votto singled, advanced on a wild pitch, and Phillips got his second RBI of the game with a ground out. Get 'em on, get 'em over, get 'em in.
- Homer Bailey was pretty solid all afternoon, but in the fifth inning he gave up a leadoff triple and a walk. Then he struck out the side. Bad. Ass.
- The Reds put the game to bed in their half of the fifth inning. Paul Janish walked with one out, then stole second. He went to third on Joey Votto's infield single, and came around to score on Phillips's double to the wall. Scott Rolen then slammed a triple, bringing in Votto and Phillips, before scoring himself on a single by Jay Bruce. It hasn't seemed like it most of the time this season, but we've got the makings of a pretty solid offense.
- Juan Francisco walked! ROAR. Then Stubbs and Votto singled to load the bases with Phillips up, trying hard to reach 100 RBI. Sadly, he grounded into a double play instead.
Other Notes
- The Reds finished with 78 wins, and in fourth place in the NL Central. That's an improvement of four wins and one place over last year.
- Brandon Phillips was the only member of the Opening Day lineup that didn't spend time on the disabled list... and even he had "fractures."
- Phillips wound up just short of 100 RBI, and Francisco Cordero was just short of 40 saves. Yes, they're two of the most worthless stats, but round numbers are always exciting. Incidentally, Phillips's 98 RBI were the second most by a Reds second baseman. Joe Morgan had 110 in 1976.
- Drew Stubbs had three hits and a walk today to finish the season with a .267 average and .323 OBP. Big deal. Joey Votto had three hits and a walk today to finish the season with a .322 average and .414 OBP. Big deal. Juan Francisco finished the season with a .429 average and .520 OBP. ROAR.
- Final attendance at Great American Ball Park was 1,747,919 this year, the smallest number since 1986.
- The Pirates only committed 73 errors all season, a franchise record. It led the majors, and provides a clear correlation between defense and winning.
- Of course, the Pirates were also shut out a major league-leading 17 times, which provides a clear correlation between not scoring runs and losing.
- The Reds finished the decade with one winning season.
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Game 162 Thread: Pirates at Reds
by Slyde on Oct 4, 2009 11:00 AM EDT
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This will be the 4th time Homer Bailey has started against the Pirates in his career. All 4 starts have come in the last 43 days. It's amazing to me how often the Reds and Pirates have faced each other in the last month and a half. That should be one reason why we don't want to get overly optimistic about the Reds play of late. As for Bailey, he's actually pitched worse against the Pirates than he against the rest of the teams he's faced in his recent lights out stretch. Of the 11 runs he's allowed in the last 52.1 innings he's pitched, 6 have come against the Pirates in 19.1 innings. That means his ERA is 1.36 in his last 5 starts against teams that aren't the Pirates.
That's not to say that he hasn't pitched well against the Pirates. He is 3-0 with a 2.79 ERA, but he also only has 12 strikeouts against 10 walks in those starts. He did a good job keeping his walks down in his last start against the Cardinals (just 1 walk in 7 innings). If he can keep improving on his control, he will be a major force to be reckoned with in the future.
Last game of the regular season for everyone (except maybe the Twins and Tigers) today. The Reds have given us some hope for the future with their play over the last month, but I'm sure once we turn a critical eye back to the team this off-season, we'll see that there are plenty of holes to be filled. Even still, it made the end of the season much more enjoyable than it would have been if we were watching a race to 100 losses. All in all, if the Reds can pull off a win today, a 78-win season ain't too bad given where they were just a month and a half ago.
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Cueto goes to 11! Reds win, 8-4.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 3, 2009 11:40 PM EDT
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Joe Nuxhall Memorial Honorary Star of the Game
Joey Votto. The Irresistable Force went 2-3 with a double, a home run, three RBI, a run scored, and two walks. Dude's good.
Key Plays
- Johnny Cueto got off to a rough start. He walked Andrew McCutchen, then gave up a run-scoring double to Andy LaRoche. It seems like it's been awhile since we've harped on all the first inning runs the Reds have given up. They gave up a lot.
- In the second inning, the Reds used the same walk-double strategy to even the game. Scott Rolen drew the walk, and Darnell McDonald hit the double. Walks to Ramon Hernandez and Drew Stubbs loaded the bases, but Paul Janish flew out to end the inning.
- Scott Rolen homered in the third. Know what? I haven't really missed Edwin since we traded him.
- McDonald led off the fourth inning with a single, and went to third on Ramon Hernandez's single. Then he scored on a passed ball. After Cueto and Stubbs made outs, Paul Janish walked, and he and Hernandez scored on Joey Votto's double. Votto was thrown out trying to stretch the hit into a triple.
- Cueto ran into trouble in the sixth inning. He gave up a leadoff single to Garrett Jones, and a walk to Brandon Moss one out later. Then Delwyn Young hit a three run homer to bring the Pirates within one run.
- The Pirates hadn't counted on El Nino Destructor, however. In the bottom of the sixth, Ramon Hernandez doubled to lead off, and Willy Taveras came in to run for him. Then Juan Francisco hit a double to right field and Taveras scored. ROAR! Francisco then scored on successive sacrifices by Stubbs and Janish. ROAR!
- Votto homered in the eighth inning. Such a giver.
Other Notes
- Brandon Phillips had been 0-16 before singling in the eighth. If he gets five RBI tomorrow, he'll finish with 100 on the season.
- Francisco Cordero pitched a scoreless ninth, but it was not a save situation. He's still one save shy of 40 for the season.
- Joey Votto's 25th home run gave him a career high.
- With the win, Johnny Cueto joins fellow starting pitchers Bronson Arroyo, Homer Bailey, Edinson Volquez, and Justin Lehr to not have a losing record.
- Since both the Brewers and Reds won, the Reds have clinched fourth place in the NL Central.
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Game 161 Thread: Pirates at Reds
by Slyde on Oct 3, 2009 5:00 PM EDT
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The Reds lost a game on 3rd place Milwaukee last night, so a loss today by the Reds or a win by the Brewers and the Reds will be blocked from third place for this season. A win by the Reds today or a loss by the Astros though will prevent the Reds from finishing worse than 4th place.
After being held down by Zach Duke in his first two starts against them this year, the Reds have beat up on Duke the last two times they faced him in September. In both starts the Reds scored 5 runs off of the lefty in just 6 innings pitched. Duke has been hit particularly hard by Drew Stubbs (.400/.455/.800 in 11 PA) and Joey Votto (.643/.667/.929 in 15 PA), who is likely physically aroused at the site of Duke when he comes to the plate given how well he has hit him. Having both players in the top 3 spots in the order should bode well for the Reds offense today.
Johnny Cueto's had a pretty good season and it'd be nice to see him get to .500 on the year with his record, if only for the "emotional" value of it. Even with having a terrible stretch in the middle of the year, he's knocked nearly a half-run off of his ERA and nearly a quarter run off of his FIP. It's definitely been a good year to build on, and I'm excited to see what he can do next year if he can come in to the season fully rested.
Brandon Phillips is still sitting on 95 RBI and Joey Votto is still on 24 HR. I'd like to see both of them to get to those nice round numbers (100 RBI and 25 HR) just because it makes the accounting that much easier. Need 2 wins in a row and 2 losses by the Brewers to tie for 3rd place. Gotta get it done tonight!
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Pirates discover the Reds' Secret Underground Lehr. Reds lose, 3-1.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 3, 2009 12:07 AM EDT
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Joe Nuxhall Memorial Honorary Star of the Game
Andy LaRoche. He went 2-3 and drove in two runs.
Key Plays
- The Brothers McCutchen did the damage in the third inning. Lehr walked Daniel McCutchen, then Andrew McCutchen doubled. That's when Andy LaRoche hit his single. Pirates 2, Reds 0.
- In the fourth inning, Lastings Milledge went all Blastings Milledge and hit a home run. Pirates 3, Reds 0.
- The Reds didn't have much in the way of offense, but Wladimir Balentien did hit a home run in the seventh inning. Pirates 3, Reds 1.
Other Notes
- On both of his hits, Andy LaRoche was thrown out trying to stretch his single into a double.
- Double-machine Paul Janish hit a double. Then Joey Votto hit what should have been a double, but Lastings Milledge made a nice catch. Flashtings-the-Leather Milledge.
- Arthur Rhodes apparently broke his toe on Sept. 4. He then pitched in eight games. And now he's on the disabled list. Thanks for the great season, Colossus!
- Walt Jocketty also broke his toe when he was kicking Dick Pole to the curb.
- This was Daniel McCutchen's first career victory. Shame it came against the Reds, but congratulations kid. You prevented the Pirates from losing 100 games this season.
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That's a mistranslation of the Bible. Jesus actually wore a Carpenter jersey. Reds lose 13-0.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 1, 2009 4:44 PM EDT
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Joe Nuxhall Memorial Honorary Star of the Game
Chris Carpenter. Not only did Carpenter pitch five innings of shutout ball, not only did he allow a mere three hits, not only did he strike out six, but he also went 2-3 with 6 RBI, including a grand slam. Albert who?!
Key Plays
- Kip Wells pitched a scoreless first inning.
- Chris Carpenter hit a grand slam in the second. That's about as key a play as there is. When you give up a home run to the pitcher, it's bad. When it's his first home run of his career, it's bad. When it's with the bases loaded, it's bad.
- Kip Wells gave up five runs, Micah Owings gave up four runs, Carlos Fisher gave up three runs, and li'l Danny Ray Herrera only gave up the one.
Other Notes
- After some whinging by the Cardinals after their loss last night, a beanball fest seemed inevitable. Scott Rolen and Juan Francisco got plunked for the good guys, while Kip Wells hit Brendan Ryan, one of the few Cardinals not hitting Kip Wells.
- The last Cardinals pitcher to hit a grand slam was Kent Mercker in 1998.
- The Reds only had five hits, but Adam Rosales had two of them. Their only extra base hit came courtesy of Micah Owings.
- El Nino Destructor has a .500 OBP. Sustainability, schmustainability, that's just fun!
- Chris Carpenter is really good when it comes to facing the Reds. Entering this game, he had a 0.846 WHIP against them, the second lowest of any team he's faced more than once. And now, it's a little bit closer to the 0.838 he has against Tampa Bay.
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